In 1707, at the age of 22, JS Bach married his second cousin, Maria Barbara Bach with whom he had many children, only four of whom survived. Maria died suddenly in May 1720. The following year, Bach married again to Anna Magdalena Wilcken who was the daughter of a musician. She was a singer, harpsichordist and music copyist. She took on the four surviving children from his earlier marriage and produced a further 13.
October 7, 1707 J.S. Bach married his second cousin, Maria Barbara Bach. She died on July 7, 1770. One and one half years after Maria died, J.S. Bach maried Anna Magdalena Wilcke who was 17 years younger than Bach. And- FYI -Just for fun- Bach had 7 children with his first wife and 13 more children with his second wife. Bach himself was the youngest of 6 children. Both of his parents had died by the time he was 10 and he ended up living with his oldest brother.
Bach got married in the year of 1707 on June 15 to Marie Barbara,
then in 1721 he married Anna Magdalena.
Johann Sebastian Bach's first wife was Maria Barbara Bach (1707-1720). She was his cousin, and died in 1720.
Brandenburg concertos was created in 1721.
Oct.10,1707
His first marriage was in 1707. He became a widower in 1720, and in 1721 he got married again.
Twice. The first time to his second cousin, Maria Barbara Bach in 1707. She died in 1720. Bach then married Anna Magdalena Wilcke in 1721. Between the two, he had 20 children of which 10 survived.
JS Bach's parents had eight children, though only five of them survived. His surviving siblings were three brothers and one sister.The names of JS Bach's siblings were:Brother: Johann Christoph Bach (1671-1721)Brother: Johann Balthasar Bach (1673-1691)Brother: Johann Jonas Bach (1675)Brother: Johann Jacob Bach (1682-1722)Brother: Johann Nicolaus Bach (1683)Sister: Maria Salome Bach (1677)Sister: Johanna Juditha Bach (1680)
1721
JS Bach's Brandenburg Concertos were completed.
Brandenburg concertos was created in 1721.
Oct.10,1707
His first marriage was in 1707. He became a widower in 1720, and in 1721 he got married again.
Twice. The first time to his second cousin, Maria Barbara Bach in 1707. She died in 1720. Bach then married Anna Magdalena Wilcke in 1721. Between the two, he had 20 children of which 10 survived.
JS Bach's parents had eight children, though only five of them survived. His surviving siblings were three brothers and one sister.The names of JS Bach's siblings were:Brother: Johann Christoph Bach (1671-1721)Brother: Johann Balthasar Bach (1673-1691)Brother: Johann Jonas Bach (1675)Brother: Johann Jacob Bach (1682-1722)Brother: Johann Nicolaus Bach (1683)Sister: Maria Salome Bach (1677)Sister: Johanna Juditha Bach (1680)
He was married to two wives. He married his second cousin, Maria Barbara Bach, and Anna Magdalena Wilcke after Maria died.
The two giants of baroque composition were J.S. Bach and George Friederick Handel. Johann Sebastian Bach was a German composer, organist, harpsichordist, violist, and violinist. Bach created masterpieces in every Baroque genre except opera. Bach was, in fact, famous for his Brandenburg Concertos, a series of six instrumental concertos believed to have been performed first in 1721, and possibly written earlier.
1707 on October 17
Johann Sebastian Bach was married 2 times. Once with his cousin Maria Barbara in 1707, then she died in 1720 (they had 7 kids together). The other time was with Anna Magdalena Wilcken in 1721 (they had 13 kids together)
Maria (his second cousin) and Johann married in 1707. They had seven children, four of whom survived into adulthood. Maria died in 1720 and Bach then married Anna in 1721 and they had 13 children, six of which survived into adulthood.